May 10, 2016. Community foundations from across Alberta are pooling their resources to create a Rebuilding Fort McMurray Fund. The fund will focus on restoring and enhancing the social infrastructure of the Fort McMurray community,…

May 10, 2016. Alberta lawyer Koren Lightning-Earle, president of the Indigenous Bar Association, has joined the call for the upcoming Supreme Court vacancy to be filled by the first Indigenous judge. She says the “the time is right” given the importance of implementing the recent…

Amy Malbeuf’s The Mealy Mountains and Three Artists Fly North (2013) harness beadwork as a central means of exploring identity. For Malbeuf, the intention is to translate abstract expressionist techniques to bead work. (Photo: Brandon Clarida)

After opening up its community to Fort McMurray residents who fled north last Tuesday, on the weekend Fort McKay residents came under a voluntary evacuation order.

“The issue is not the proximity to the wildfire as much as it is to heavy smoke that exists in the area. It is a bit of an isolated community and we are concerned that if the fire should shift (so) that we…

May 9, 2016. Hit drama series Blackstone won two Rosies Sunday night at the gala in Calgary. Producers Ron E Scott and Jesse Szymanski with the Edmonton-based Prairie Dog Film + Television took the award for best production reflecting cultural diversity for the episode “Bottle Caps.” Jordyn White won for best performance by an Alberta actress for her work in the…

“You could give me a million dollars and I’d rather have what I had before and I know I’ll never get that back,” he said Saturday, from in front of the Metis Nation of Alberta office in Edmonton. He was there, along with other Metis citizens, to see what services were available.

The province announced this afternoon that it had established a task force to undertake recovery efforts in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

“We have a long road ahead of us and we are still dealing with this initial threat and the risks to public safety, property and infrastructure, but we know that it’s never too early to begin planning for the recovery…

If conditions allow, Premier Rachel Notley will be getting an on-the-ground tour of Fort McMurray today.

In making the announcement Sunday, Notley said it was important that she see the condition the community is in as she is leading the Wood Buffalo Ministerial Recovery Task Force, which was established by Cabinet on Friday.

The wild fire that forced the evacuation of more than 80,000 people from Fort McMurray, Anzac, Gregoire Lake Estates and Fort McMurray First Nation has grown to 101,000 hectares. Yesterday, officials said the fire had claimed 85,000 hectares.

Winds are expected to shift to come from the southwest today and push the fire northeast and away from the community, said…

May 6, 2016. The River Cree Resort and Casino, on Enoch Cree Nation, has donated $20,000 to the Canadian Red Cross in support of the emergency relief efforts in Fort McMurray and Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. In addition, River Cree Sports, which operates twin skating rinks at the River Cree complex, has donated $3,000 worth of supplies through the Jason Gregor show…

May 5, 2016. The raging wild fire in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has forced oil sands projects, pipelines and electrical facilities to shut down and evacuate workers. The fires and fears of a worsening supply problem, have caused oil prices to climb. Halting or reducing production in the region are Suncor Energy Inc., Imperial Oil Ltd., Athabasca Oil…